Leonard Cohen: Can’t Forget: A Souvenir of the Grand Tour

Share via

During a speech for the MusicCares charity in February, Bob Dylan took umbrage
at critics who complained that he couldn’t sing, that he croaked, sounded
like a frog. “Why don’t they say those things about Leonard Cohen?” Dylan
griped, citing his equally froggy contemporary. “Why do I get special
treatment?”

The answer can be found in Can’t Forget, a collection of
lesser-known songs recorded in 2012 during Cohen’s world tour, either in
concert or during sound checks. In truth, this isn’t an essential release.
It consists mostly of album tracks or cover versions, the only new songs
being the laid-back